Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Faculty

Joshua Rempell, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and Director of the emergency ultrasound fellowship. He completed medical school at Harvard Medical School and received a master's of public health degree at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Rempell completed his emergency medicine residency training in the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program (HAEMR) at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he served as chief resident. Following residency, Dr. Rempell completed an ultrasound fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to joining Cooper, he was faculty and ultrasound fellowship director at Brigham and Women’s Hospital as well as Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  

Dr. Rempell has lectured extensively nationally and internationally on emergency ultrasound as well as published more than 20 peer-reviewed articles on emergency ultrasound. He truly enjoys teaching clinical emergency medicine, often with an ultrasound at the bedside.  ​

Lisa Filippone, MD, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. She graduated from the University of Maryland cum laude with a degree in biology, after which she attended Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.  Upon receiving her medical degree she completed her residency in emergency medicine at Cooper University Hospital. After residency, she worked as an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University until she returned to Cooper in 2007.

Dr. Filippone is passionate about resident education with a particular focus on cardiology and ultrasound. She is a member of the EM Ultrasound division and, together with the core US faculty, provides one-on-one instruction during the US rotation. While Dr. Filippone is involved in a wide range of cardiology activities at Cooper, she is particularly enthusiastic with her weekly ECG conferences.  

Sarab Sodhi, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and currently serves as Director of Undergraduate Ultrasound there. He graduated from Albright College with a degree in biochemistry and philosophy, summa cum laude, ​and obtained his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine. While there, he also obtained a master's in urban bioethics. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Cooper University Hospital, and stayed on for fellowship in emergency ultrasound as Cooper's inaugural fellow. Since 2019, Dr. Sodhi has been core ultrasound and clinical faculty working in the Emergency Medicine Department at Cooper University Hospital.

Dr. Sodhi has passion for all things ultrasound, and graduate and undergraduate medical education. He's lectured frequently, locally, regionally, and nationally. While a recalcitrant researcher, he has a developing research niche with various projects ongoing regarding student and resident education, ultrasound, and pre-hospital ultrasound. Along with Dr. Volino, they have created a four-year integrated longitudinal ultrasound curriculum for the medical school. He was most recently awarded the 2019 Gold Humanism Award for CMSRU, the 2020 Golden Apple for clinical faculty, and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Society as the junior faculty member in 2024.

Alyse Volino, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. After completing her undergraduate degree at The College of New Jersey, she earned her medical degree at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She then completed her residency in emergency medicine at Cooper University Hospital, serving as chief resident in her final year. After residency, Dr. Volino completed a fellowship in emergency ultrasound at Cooper University Hospital. 

In addition to working in the Emergency Department, Dr. Volino is the Associate Director of Undergraduate Ultrasound at CMSRU. In this role, she contributes to the design and implementation of the undergraduate ultrasound curriculum, serves as a faculty advisor for CMSRU’s Ultrasound Interest Group, and is one of the clerkship directors for the Emergency Ultrasound elective for medical students.